The Tortoise and the Hare
From Super Why! · 2008
24 minK1st2ndReading & Writing (ELA)Social-Emotional Learning
Summary
The Super Readers jump into Aesop's "The Tortoise and the Hare" to learn that slow and steady can win the race. The speedy hare is so sure he'll win that he stops to nap — and the steady tortoise keeps going. A classic fable about not giving up and keeping at it.
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Discussion
A fast hare races a slow tortoise — and the ending is a surprise.
- Why is the hare so sure he will win?
- How does the tortoise win even though he is slower?
- What is the lesson, or moral, of this story?
- When has keeping at something slowly helped you finish it?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: race, steady, finish, lesson (moral).
Try it: Write the ending in your own words: "The tortoise won because ____."